BUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY, 1913-21.
STATEMENT BY WITNESS.
DOCUMENT NO. W.S. 1543.
Witness
Patrick J. Lynch,
Ullanes,
Ballymakeera,
Co. Cork.
Identity.
Captain) Ballyvourney Company, I.R.A.
Member of Brigade Flying Column.
Subject.
Activities of Ballyvourney Company,
Irish Volunteers, Co. Cork, 1916-1921.
Reference: http://www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie/reels/bmh/BMH.WS1543.pdf page 3.
On 7th July, l9l8, Dan McSweeney of Ballyvourney Company, with Volunteers of Coolea and Ballingeary Companies, held up and disarmed two R.I.C. men at the mouth of the Glen in the Ballingeary Company area. They seized two rifles and a sidecar by which they (R.I.C.) were travelling to Ballyvourney to supress an Aeriocht being held in Ballyvourney that day. The Volunteers threw the side-car over a precipice. In the encounter the two R.I.C. were wounded. After the incident the R.I.C. became very active raiding houses in the area looking for known Volunteers, many of whom had to go 'on the run'. Martial Law was proclaimed for West Cork for a considerable period following the wounding of the R.I.C.